About block 969,707
Bitcoin block 969,707 was mined by Luxor on October 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM UTC, 16 min 10 s after block 969,706. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,536 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 969,707 is number 12 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 2,004 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,293 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Luxor found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.